CN117015859A - Foil for double-curved solar panels - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a foil (100) for a doubly curved solar panel, the foil exhibiting a plurality of cut-outs having two closed ends and dividing the foil into mechanically interconnected regions, wherein the foil comprises a first set of cut-outs (102) having a first orientation and a second set of cut-outs (104) having a second orientation, the first closed ends of the cut-outs being located at a mechanical interconnect (110) between a first cell (120) and a second cell (122) and the second closed ends being located at a mechanical interconnect (112) between a third cell (124) and a fourth cell (126), the cut-outs being bordered by a mechanical interconnect (114) between the first cell (120) and the third cell (124) and bordered by a mechanical interconnect (116) between the second cell (122) and the fourth cell (126), the cut-outs having a first orientation in part and a different second orientation in part.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a foil for a doubly curved solar panel, which foil shows a plurality of slits with two closed ends, which slits divide the foil into several mechanically interconnected areas.
Credit giving
The project leading to this application has been sponsored by the european union horizon 2020 research and innovation program, with a funding agreement number 848620.
Background
Nowadays, more and more electric vehicles have solar panels for generating electricity. Such panels, which are placed on, integrated with or form the roof of a vehicle, for example, often exhibit at least partial bending in both directions. Moreover, building integrated photovoltaic systems (BIPV systems) are often used on 3D curved surfaces (i.e. surfaces that are at least partially curved in two directions).
Electricity is generated by solar cells (also known as photovoltaic cells). Typically, the solar cell is a polycrystalline or monocrystalline silicon cell, but it is known to use cells made of other materials, such as other semiconductors (e.g. doped GaAs) or another other material (e.g. perovskite). Moreover, it is known to use foils with thin films such as copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) or polysilicon. To avoid damage by chemicals or moisture, the battery or film is typically encapsulated by an encapsulant.
Curved solar panels typically include a 3D curved transparent panel (e.g., comprising glass or polycarbonate), solar cells encapsulated by an encapsulant bonded to the curved transparent panel, and conductors electrically interconnecting the solar cells in series (forming a so-called string) and/or in parallel. The interconnect may be made by so-called finger electrodes or by a Back Contact Foil (BCF) with a metal coating on one or both sides, the metal coating (e.g. a thin copper layer) being patterned.
Other such solar panels use foils comprising thin film solar cells, such as PET or polyimide foils with perovskite printed or sprayed thereon. The foil may be encapsulated in an encapsulant and bonded to the transparent plate.
Problems arise when bonding (encapsulated or unencapsulated) foils to 3D curved surfaces: wrinkles may occur.
This problem is known from the US patent application US20140130848A1 of pine (Panasonic). US20140130848A1 relates to an encapsulant sheet comprising electrically interconnected solar cells and describes in fig. 3 and 5 thereof and in the accompanying text a foil or sheet separated by several parallel cuts in the encapsulant, the cuts dividing the encapsulant into several strips. The electrical interconnections between the solar cells are made using finger electrodes. The cut is provided between the solar cells (so-called strings) connected in series in the direction along the solar cell string. An encapsulant sheet including solar cells is bonded to a transparent curved surface having a three-dimensional curvature. When the solar cell is bonded along the curved surface of the transparent curved substrate, stress generated inside the surface of the solar cell can be relieved by the slits, and bonding can be performed while reducing distortion and wrinkles occurring in the solar cell.
The known application describes the effect when (cured) foils of an encapsulant are bonded in the 3D plane. The incorporation of a more rigid foil may lead to more wrinkles.
The solar cell has a photoactive side and a backside. Typically, first generation solar cells display one or more anodes on one side and one or more cathodes on the other side. The battery cells are typically interconnected (in parallel or in series, or a combination thereof) by so-called finger electrodes. After the interconnects are made, the solar cells are sealed in an encapsulant. Then, a plate including the battery cells and the encapsulant, which is manufactured in a flat plane, is bonded to the curved transparent plate.
The interconnections between solar cells are typically made while the solar cells are in one plane (in the non-curved case). If the panel is flat, the cells in the encapsulant are typically arranged in a strictly rectangular array. If the panel is curved in two directions (thus shown to have a three-dimensional or short 3D curvature), the array is no longer rectangular due to curvature.
Problems arise when bonding a flat foil to a curved transparent plane: wrinkles may occur in the foil.
The present invention aims to provide an alternative solution to the limitation.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the aforementioned limitations, the invention is characterized in that the foil comprises at least a first set of incisions with a first orientation and a second set of incisions with a second orientation, each of the incisions having two closed ends, the first closed end being located at a mechanical interconnection between the first battery cell and the second closed end being located at a mechanical interconnection between the third battery cell and the fourth battery cell, the incisions being bordered by the mechanical interconnection between the first battery cell and the third battery cell and by the mechanical interconnection between the second battery cell and the fourth battery cell, the incisions having in part a first orientation and in part a second orientation, the first orientation being different from the second orientation.
By having the slits in at least two different orientations, the slits terminate at the mechanical interconnect of the battery cell and are also bordered by the mechanical interconnect, each slit may be widened by a slight rotation of the more rigid region. In this way the foil resembles an auxetic material and stretching in one direction (orientation) also results in stretching in the other direction (orientation). In this way, a foil having, for example, a rectangular shape/border can be bent in the central area of the foil without changing its outer border.
It should be noted that there may be another set of cuts showing only one closed end, the other end intersecting the boundary of the foil. These cuts also enable the foil border to be deformed (bent).
In one embodiment, the incision is a straight incision and the first orientation and the second orientation are perpendicular to each other.
In this embodiment, the cut-out divides the foil into rectangular or square areas. This is particularly attractive for foils used in solar panels with single crystal solar cells such as but not limited to Si or GaAs crystalline solar cells, as these solar cells are often formed as square or rectangular tiles. Preferably, such tiles are then placed on or in a foil having the same or nearly the same area as the tiles themselves, one for each area. Preferably, the areas of all mechanical interconnects have the same size and contour.
It should be noted that the cut need not be straight, but may exhibit undulations or bends. Moreover, other forms for the region (preferably a quadrilateral region) may be implemented using a straight cut.
In another embodiment, the foil is or comprises a back contact foil and the cutout is made in the back contact foil.
Solar cells having an anode and a cathode on one side are now commonly used because shading of the finger electrodes does not occur. The solar cells are then electrically and mechanically interconnected using a back contact foil. The back contact foil is typically a thin synthetic foil, such as a PET or polyimide foil with a thickness of e.g. 200 μm, preferably with a metal coating on one or both sides for electrical connection. A metal cladding, preferably a patterned copper cladding, is used to form electrical interconnections between solar cells. The metal coating may be present on one or both sides of the back contact foil. Vias may be used to connect the metal cladding from one side to the other. These techniques are well known in Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) and Flexible Circuit Boards (FCBs).
It should be noted that foils (synthetic foils such as PET or polyimide foils) typically have a thickness of 200 μm or more. Wrinkles may occur when such foils are deformed with a 3D curvature, but deforming only much smaller mechanical interconnects greatly reduces wrinkles.
In a further embodiment, the foil comprises a thin film solar cell and the incision is made in the thin film solar cell.
Thin film solar cells typically comprise a foil on which a photovoltaic material is applied, for example by spraying. The photovoltaic material may be, for example, cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS), amorphous thin film silicon (a-Si, TF-Si), or perovskite. By making incisions in the foil, a thin film solar foil is made, which can be formed in a 3D curved form after the foil is made.
In yet another embodiment, the foil comprises an encapsulant and the cut is made in the encapsulant.
In this embodiment, the foil is an encapsulant. Particularly when the encapsulant cures, it becomes rigid and exhibits less flexibility, and it may be necessary to make it more flexible again by making cuts therein.
In other embodiments, a solar panel, vehicle or building integrated photovoltaic system comprises a foil according to the invention.
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The present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding features. To this end:
figure 1 schematically shows a foil with a cut according to the invention, and
fig. 2 schematically shows the foil of fig. 1 when stretched.
Detailed Description
Fig. 1 schematically shows a foil with a cut-out according to the invention.
Foil 100 shows a plurality of cuts. The cutout 102 has a first closed end 110 terminating in a mechanical interconnect 110 between the battery cells 120 and 122 and a second closed end 112 terminating in a mechanical interconnect 112 between the battery cells 124 and 126. The cutouts are bordered by mechanical interconnections between cells 120 and 124 and between cells 122 and 126. The kerfs 104 perpendicular to the kerfs 102 terminate in a mechanical interconnect 116 at a first end that is adjacent to the kerfs 102.
It should be noted that the foil also includes a slit having only one closed end, such as slit 106. These cuts terminate at the foil border. However, even when the border portion of the foil does not show such single end cuts, a foil can be made that is capable of 3D deformation, wherein the border will remain flat and the central portion of the foil can be bent with a spherical surface.
Fig. 2 schematically shows the foil of fig. 1 when stretched.
The foil 100 is stretched in the x-direction. Due to the occurrence of stress, the region rotates slightly and the shape of the cut changes from a slit (almost no surface) to a diamond-shaped (diamond-shaped) surface, also resulting in elongation in the y-direction. Because elongation in the x-direction requires elongation in the y-direction, the foil can be classified as an auxetic foil, i.e. a foil with a negative poisson's ratio.
It should be noted that the ratio between the x-elongation and the y-elongation depends on the dimensions of the respective regions in the x-and y-directions. For square areas, the ratio is 1, for rectangular areas the x elongation is not equal to the y elongation.
It should be further noted that the cuts need not be perpendicular to each other: other quadrilateral patterns are also possible, such as diamond (diamond) shapes.
For making the incision, several known techniques may be used, such as cutting, stamping, laser cutting or ablation, cutting using water jets, etc. Preferably, the cutting does not result in a sharp end of the incision, as this may result in uncontrolled expansion of the incision in the mechanical interconnect. This is preferably achieved by a cutting method resulting in a rounded end or by making an incision ending in a small loop or curved portion.
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1. Foil (100) for a doubly curved solar panel, the foil exhibiting a plurality of slits with two closed ends, the slits dividing the foil into a number of mechanically interconnected areas, characterized in that the foil comprises at least a first set of slits (102) with a first orientation and a second set of slits (104) with a second orientation, each of the slits having two closed ends, the first closed end being located at a mechanical interconnect (110) between a first cell (120) and a second cell (122) and the second closed end being located at a mechanical interconnect (112) between a third cell (124) and a fourth cell (126), the slits being bordered by a mechanical interconnect (114) between the first cell (120) and the third cell (124) and bordered by a mechanical interconnect (116) between the second cell (122) and the fourth cell (126), the slits having a first orientation and a second orientation being different from the first orientation.
2. The foil of claim 1, further comprising one or more cuts (106), the cuts (106) having only one closed end terminating in a mechanical interconnect, the cuts intersecting a boundary of the foil.
3. Foil according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the slit is a straight slit and the first and second orientation are perpendicular to each other.
4. Foil according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein all mechanically interconnected regions (120, 122, 124, 126) have the same dimensions and contour.
5. Foil according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the foil is or comprises a back contact foil and the cutout is made in the back contact foil.
6. Foil according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least a portion of the back contact foil comprises a conductive layer.
7. The foil according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the foil comprises a thin film solar cell and the cutout is made in the thin film solar cell.
8. The foil according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein the foil comprises an encapsulant and the cut is made in the encapsulant.
9. A solar panel comprising a foil according to any of the preceding claims.
10. A vehicle comprising a foil according to any one of claims 1-8.
11. A building integrated photovoltaic system comprising a foil according to any one of claims 1-8.
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